Wild League (film)

2019 Russian sports drama film

Wild League

Film poster

Russian| Дикая лига
Directed by|

* Andrey Bogatyrev [ru]
* Art Camacho

Written by|

* Roman Vladykin
* Igor Dobrovolsky
* Dmitry Minchyonok

Produced by|

* Igor Dobrovolsky
* Olga Ledyaeva
* Eric Brenner
* Barry De Vorzon
* Alexander Nevsky
* Yuliya Perkul

Starring|

* Vladimir Yaglych
* Adelina Gizatullina
* Ivan Okhlobystin
* Dmitry Nazarov
* Evgeniy Koryakovskiy
* Olesya Sudzilovskaya
* Adrian Paul

Cinematography|

* Ken Blakey
* Vyacheslav Krasakov

Edited by| Robert A. Ferretti
Music by| Sean Murray

Production
companies

Marins Group Union
Modern Age Productions

Distributed by| Kinoland

Release date

* October 24, 2019 (2019-10-24) (Russia)

Running time

| 111 minutes
Countries| Russia, United States
Language| Russian

Wild League (Russian: Дикая лига, romanized: Dikaya liga) is a 2019 Russian historical sports drama film is based on real events of the beginning of 20th century and the appearance of football in the Russian Empire. The brave barge hauler Varlam is being trained at an English football club and, together with the merchant-patriot Balashov, is creating the first national team in Russia, co-directed by Andrey Bogatyrev[1][2] and Art Camacho.[3][4]

Unusual sports on the basis of real events of the early twentieth century, Wild League has assembled an international acting team, which included Vladimir Yaglych, Adelina Gizatullina, Ivan Okhlobystin, Dmitry Nazarov, Evgeniy Koryakovskiy, Olesya Sudzilovskaya and Adrian Paul. It was released in the Russian Federation by Kinoland on October 24, 2019.

## Plot

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Nizhny Novgorod Governorate, Russian Empire in 1909 year.

Based upon the real-life events of the 1910s, this extremely topical story is about a guy from the lowest social strata, who, in order to be with his beloved woman, had to leave his native land and to start his life anew in Moscow. Proved himself in a battle, he was noticed by the Englishman owning a closed soccer club, who invited him to try his hand at his team. However, soccer is an aristocratic game and the team didn't accept a barge-hauler from the Volga. Therefore, he gathered his courage, found the right people, with whom they created the Wild League consisted of street teams from Moscow. Thus, he became a leader, changing his life and the lives of people surrounding him. Varlamy replaced folk fun - battles «wall against the wall», in which perished ordinary people - with soccer. Now they're challenged by the soccer lawmakers.[5]

## Cast

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* Vladimir Yaglych [ru] as barge hauler Varlam (a burlak)
* Adelina Gizatullina as Malika
* Ivan Okhlobystin as Yasha
* Dmitry Nazarov as Rodion Balashov
* Evgeniy Koryakovskiy as Satan
* Olesya Sudzilovskaya [ru] as Alice
* Adrian Paul as James Parker
* Hafedh Dkhlaoui as Alexander
* William Shockley as Jones
* Stanislav Tikunov as Prince Mikhail
* Anton Kolesnikov as cheater Shnyr
* Aleksandr Davydov as pinch Volk
* Denis Kuznetsov as bouncer Penza
* Pavel Abramenkov as thimble Yorsh
* Nikolay Shrayber as clown athlete Karp
* Mihail Melin as clown Polycarp
* Anatoliy Gushchin [ru] as Filimon
* Ivan Mikhailovskiy as Michael
* Vyacheslav Shikhaleev as Will
* Vilen Babichev as russian fist fighter

### Cameos

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* Artem Dzyuba
* Roman Zobnin

## Production

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The original screenplay was written by Roman Vladykin. The idea to make a film about the origin of football in Russia came to him in 2015. When Vladykin finished the script, he sent him to a contest at the Cinema Foundation of Russia, where he eventually won. After a while, the production company "New Time" bought out this scenario.

They started shooting the film at the end of 2016. The picture was shot in Moscow Oblast, the village of Gorki Leninskiye, the city of Yaroslavl, the city of Kostroma and territory of the Krasnodar Krai.

## References

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1. ^ Фильм «Дикая лига», в котором сыграл Дзюба, выйдет осенью 2019 года
2. ^ Режиссёр Богатырев: Снимать Дзюбу – одно удовольствие
3. ^ Премьера фильма о зарождении футбола в России "Дикая Лига" состоится осенью 2019 года
4. ^ Создателей фильма с Дзюбой о футболе в России могут оштрафовать
5. ^ Дикая лига, 2019

## External links

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* Wild League at IMDb